ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,727, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Agitation assembly for a washing machine appliance" was invented by Tanner Davis Gunn (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance is provided including a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub and defining a wash chamber configured for receiving a load of clothes, and an agitation assembly rotatably mounted within the wash basket. The agitation assembly includes an agitator element comprising a central column defining an axial direction and a radial direction...